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Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
Macarthur Park - Jimmy Webb
Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell
Berliners - The Court & Spark
Afraid of Everyone - The National
Somebody Else - John Parish
Here to Fall (RJD2 Remix) - Yo La Tengo
We Taking Over - Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame One
Blue Girl - Q-Tip
Hana - [...]

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The Reason - Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Contusion - Stevie Wonder
African Blues - Larry Young
Hilo - Antibalas
Asheville To Abidjan - Toubab Krewe
Ceddo End Title - Manu Dibango
Respect - Rotary Connection
Hit ‘Em Up Style - Carolina Chocolate Drops
My Favorite Things - OutKast
Arkestry - Flying Lotus
Rocket Number Nine - Sun Ra
Bloops, Bleeps, Bongos & Brass - The [...]

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The Bad Catholic - Black Lipstick
The Letter Four - The Curtains of Light
Schmerzensschreie - Coldworld
Silver Soul - Beach House
Ghosts - Cant
Sometimes Things Don’t Work Out - Dominique Leone
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville - R.E.M.
Ana Ivanovic - Tin Hat
Needn’t Say a Thing - Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore
Goodbye Sweet Dreams - Roky Erickson with Okkervil [...]

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Inside THIRTEEN » Archive » Interview with Carlos Giffoni.
Brooklyn noise artist Carlos Giffoni made his way to Brooklyn from Venezuela via Miami and has spent the last decade building up a catalogue of experimental sound excursions using both digital and analog production techniques.

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The G-Sphere Sounding Booth: Looking for the perfect mix - Pt. 1.
Is there such as thing as a perfect mix? Is it ever exactly right? Does it even matter now in the era of iPod playlists and the ability to instantly shuffle a group of songs?

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is a sun-dappled picnic basket filled with familiar flavors made slightly alien by the warmth.
“Walkabout” with Noah Lennox.

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Sandy Denny - Mark Olson
The Optimist - Sandy Denny
Who Knows Where the Time Goes [excerpt] - Nina Simone
In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin
The Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell
Fearless - Mary Lou Lord
Crystal Park - Vanishing Voices
Colorado - Grizzly Bear
Satta Massa Gana - Cedric IM Brooks
Cirkus Impala - Samla Mammas Manna
End of Time [...]

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Soft Machine icon Hugh Hopper dies .

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If Not Now, Whenever - The Books
In Crowded Rooms, On Empty Streets - Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words
Bending Spoons - Jasper TX
The Drum Also Waltzes - Max Roach
Installation 1 - Seaworthy
Those of the Void Will Re-Enter - Absu
Pink Lady Lemonade You’re from Outer Space (Part 2) - Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno
Ghost [...]

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Billy the Kid [excerpt] - Jack Spicer
Middle Cyclone - Neko Case
Port Authority - Opsvik & Jennings
Star Fruits Surf Rider - Cornelius
Meh No Mae - Asobi Seksu
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Petits son appétissants - Faust
Prédications - Ulan Bator
Rubidoux - Kristin Hersh
Offend Maggie - Deerhoof
Kalimba - Suí Vesan

The mix can be downloaded here.
Also posted at Making Mixtapes and Zen Running [...]

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